Bronco_Beerslug
08-07-2009, 10:14 AM
Ah, religious freedom for the peoples, that's what we won over there isn't it?
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37 die in Iraq as bombs target Shiites (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090807/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_116)
By HAMID AHMED, Associated Press Writer Hamid Ahmed, Associated Press Writer – 43 mins ago
BAGHDAD – A suicide car bomb devastated a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq, one of a series of attacks Friday that killed at least 37 Shiite pilgrims and worshippers, police and medical officials said.
The incidents are the latest in a series that have targeted Shiites, raising concerns that insurgents are stepping up attacks in hopes of re-igniting sectarian violence that nearly tore the country apart in 2006 and 2007.
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090807/capt.ec3e6d7b9cbd4d2db0bd5caf109a8ab1.iraq_violenc e_bag102.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=Lc7jKkOo6MccozvzEE.nLQ--
Iraqi policemen secure the scene of a road side bomb blast that hit a mini bus carrying Shiite pilgrims in Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug 7, 2009. A series of roadside bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims returning from the southern holy city of Karbala struck the Iraqi capital Friday.
(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Though violence has dramatically declined in Iraq in the past two years, U.S. officials have repeatedly called the security gains fragile and cautioned that a waning insurgency still has the ability to pull off sporadic, high-profile attacks.
The deadliest blast occurred in Rasheediyah, north of Mosul, when a suicide car bomb struck a mosque, killing at least 30 people and trapping dozens more underneath the rubble, said a police official in Ninevah province's operations command.
The official said at least 88 people were injured. Bodies were still being pulled from the rubble, the official said.
It was the second deadliest attack since U.S. forces withdrew from cities as part of a U.S.-Iraqi security pact that maps out the complete withdrawal of American troops by the end of 2011.
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37 die in Iraq as bombs target Shiites (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090807/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_116)
By HAMID AHMED, Associated Press Writer Hamid Ahmed, Associated Press Writer – 43 mins ago
BAGHDAD – A suicide car bomb devastated a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq, one of a series of attacks Friday that killed at least 37 Shiite pilgrims and worshippers, police and medical officials said.
The incidents are the latest in a series that have targeted Shiites, raising concerns that insurgents are stepping up attacks in hopes of re-igniting sectarian violence that nearly tore the country apart in 2006 and 2007.
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090807/capt.ec3e6d7b9cbd4d2db0bd5caf109a8ab1.iraq_violenc e_bag102.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=Lc7jKkOo6MccozvzEE.nLQ--
Iraqi policemen secure the scene of a road side bomb blast that hit a mini bus carrying Shiite pilgrims in Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug 7, 2009. A series of roadside bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims returning from the southern holy city of Karbala struck the Iraqi capital Friday.
(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Though violence has dramatically declined in Iraq in the past two years, U.S. officials have repeatedly called the security gains fragile and cautioned that a waning insurgency still has the ability to pull off sporadic, high-profile attacks.
The deadliest blast occurred in Rasheediyah, north of Mosul, when a suicide car bomb struck a mosque, killing at least 30 people and trapping dozens more underneath the rubble, said a police official in Ninevah province's operations command.
The official said at least 88 people were injured. Bodies were still being pulled from the rubble, the official said.
It was the second deadliest attack since U.S. forces withdrew from cities as part of a U.S.-Iraqi security pact that maps out the complete withdrawal of American troops by the end of 2011.
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